As more and more household chores become automated, research is showing that, for some people, this might not be what they want.
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The reconversions of graduates and executives to manual trades can be seen as “voluntary downgrading” and are highly publicized.
The pandemic has left many looking for work as part of a longer term decline.
The life story of Mandlenkosi Makhoba represents the losers in the new South Africa, showing how inequality is produced and reproduced generationally.
Why is work making us miserable?
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Business Operations and Management, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Zululand
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PhD Candidate - Department of Political Economy, King's College London
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Doctorant en sociologie, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
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Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Behavioral Science and Technology, University of St.Gallen
